The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

CD PROJEKT RED's open-world role-playing game following Geralt of Rivia as he searches the Northern Kingdoms for Ciri.

Developer: CD PROJEKT RED
Publisher: CD PROJEKT RED
Release: 19 May 2015
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2
Genres: Role-Playing Game, Open World

News 26 Aug 2026

CD Projekt is turning an eleven-year-old RPG back into an active product line

The Witcher 3 has sold more than 65 million copies. Most games at that scale eventually settle into permanent-sale catalog status. CD Projekt is instead giving its 2015 RPG another distribution cycle, another technical refresh and another piece of paid story content.

The Witcher 3's People Have Aged Better Than Its Technology

26 August 2026

The Witcher 3's legacy is less about map size than about what it puts inside that map. Its central hunt occasionally stretches too far, yet the characters, local tragedies and delayed consequences remain unusually difficult to leave behind.

PROS

Supporting characters routinely carry stories strong enough to stand apart from the main quest

War is communicated through ordinary lives and local damage rather than scenery alone

Moral choices usually resist obvious good-versus-evil labeling

CONS

The Ciri hunt can lose urgency across the campaign's long middle stretches

New players inevitably miss some emotional weight attached to returning characters

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt